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From Gabriel and Lucifer : a cultural history of angels /

Fiery the angels fell; slow thunder rolled around their shores, burning with the fires of Orc.' Whether in recent popular culture, or back across countless centuries, angels have perpetually enthralled and even terrified us. 'Every single angel is terrible, ' wrote the German Romantic...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Rees, Valery, 1947-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London ; New York : New York : I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the US and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • TOC; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Angels
  • Universal and Archetypal; 2. Filling the Space Between Earth and Heaven; 3. Angels and Demons; 4. Wings or No Wings? Angels as Messengers; 5. The Great Protectors; 6. Constant Praise; 7. The Chariot and the Throne; 8. Angels and Archangels; 9. Angel Guides in The World to Come; 10. Angel Guides in this World; 11. Fallen Angels; 12. Angels of Retribution and Redemption; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.